Soil and Growth Media for plants

The spaces between particles filled with water, air or both are called

• pores

• field capacity

• texture

• structure

When the only available water to the plant is gone and the plant wilts so much it can not recover, the plant is at

• field capacity

• water holding capacity

• wilting point

• permanent wilting point

Manner of particle arrangement in a soil is

• Wilting point

• structure

• organic matter

• sand

Soil's ability to hold water

• water holding capacity

• texture

• wilting point

• pores

Physical property that refers to amount of sand, silt, and clay in the soil

• structure

• pores

• clay

• texture

when water drains through the soil and the only water remaining can resist the pull of gravity

• water holding capacity

• organic matter

• permanent wilt

• field capacity

Previously living material that reduces the impact of raindrops, prevents erosion and breaks down into nutrients

• sand

• clay

• organic matter

• texture

Heavier soil media that is a mixture of organic and inorganic materials

• compost

• Sand mixes

• soilless mixes

• potting soil

Mixes high in carbon, low in nutrients and rob applied fertilizers and other nutrients from plnts made from bark and wood

• Compost

• mineral constituents

• mulches

• sand mixes

Soils too dense for good air and water movement when added to a container

• Compost

• Garden Soil

• mulches

• sand mixes